Railway-rail joint.



J. REVIS.

' RAILWAY RAIL JOINT.

' APPLIOATIQN FILED M4 Y1, 1912.

Patented Sept. 10, 1912.

an um co'a UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

- AMEsnEvIs', or BATON, NEW..MEXICO RAiLWAY-BAIL JOINT.

T at? whom'it may camera:

it known that I, JAMES Revise citizen ot the United States. residing atRat-0n, in

the county of Colfax and State of New Mexico, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Railway-Rail Joints, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in railway rail joints, andhasfor one of its crease; the efficiency and utility of devices j objects,to improve the construction and inof thischarzicter.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simply constructeddevice of the 15 character which coacts with the tiesto support therails. and prevent creeping of the clamping and brace members ofthedevice.

' Another object of the invention is topre' vide asimply constructeddevice whereby the meeting-ends of rails are-securely held in perfectalinement without the use of clampbolts'and nuts.

c Ano her object of the invention is to produrable joint is vide asimply constructed device. of; this character wherein an eflicient,strong and members only.

With these and other objects in -view, the

. Iinvntion consists in certaln novel features of construction'ashereafter shown and de scribed and then specifically pointed out 1n theclalms, and in the drawings illustrative of the preferredsembodiment ofthe invention: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the abutting ends ofap'air of rails with the improved jointfap lied; Fig. 2 -1s a plan.

' view of the same; *ig. 3 is a transverseseo tion on the line 33 ofFig. 1.-

Corresponding and l1ke parts are referred to in thefollowing descriptionand indlcated inall theviews of the drawings by the same.

reference characters;

The improved device is applied to the rails between two ties and theties'nearect to' the abutting rail ends are utilized to assistin holdingthe joint.

' at 1 0--l1 and'are of the usual form, and 5'0 e rails are representedconventionally are supported upon ties represented conventionally at'12,"the ties beingspaced apart at equal distances from the terminals ofthe rails. -The'ties may be spaced any suitable distance apart, butgenerally will belocated sixteen inches apart or eight inches from eachI rail end. The improved attachment comprises a plate or base member 13bearing by its Yert-ical web at one si at the outer edge. vertical websand over the tie flange of the produced by employing two Specification)!Letters Patent. Patented sept', 10, 1912, lpplieatlmz filed ma 1, 1912.semi amount.

inner faces of the nearest ties 12, the ties upper face beneath the tieflanges of the a butsg. "I ting rails, and bearing at its endsagainstthe being so spaced that the member 13 extends so between them and isheld thereby from lat eral movement. The member 13 is provided at oneside with a rail brace 14 which extends over the tie flan e and againstthe 5e and bears at its upper edge beneath the head ofthe rail as shownin Fig. 3.

- The member 13 extends at the opposite side for a considerable distancebeyond the,

base of the rail and is formedwith a longi 'tndinal hollow or depression15 in its upper face and with an inwardly curving rib 16 i Bearingagainst the rail-at the side opposite to the braceinem- 'ber' 14, isanother bracemembcr 17 which conforms to the rail and is likewiseprovided with a downwardly projecting porti0n'18 conforming to andengaging in the depression 15' of the base late. Themember17-18 islikewise provided with a longitudinal rib 19 which engages beneath thecurved, rib 16and completely fills the same.

At its ends the rib 19 extends beyond the ends of 'the member 15-16 asshown -at 2021, and bears by the extended portions upon the upper facesof the ties, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. By this simple means it will beobvious that a strong, durable and efficient joint is produced wherebythe rails are firmly united and supported, and by cur, especially whentrains are moving rap idly around curves, as the rail. is firmlysupported between two coacting braces whichliold the ends in perfectalinement ice A.

at all times. The improved device forms a solid base fox-the weight ofthe trainand coacts with theties to prevent creeping or longitudinaldisplacement. The depression 18 of the movable brace plate likewise,"extends between" the ties; for a distance and is prevented therebyfromlongitudinal movement.

1.,T0 assemble the improved device the p ate 13 is inserted beneath therail ends and the Web of the plate against the vertiand the rail endstogether with the plate 13 are elevated to bring the cavity 15 above theties. The plate 17 is then moved longitudinally of 'the rails into placewith the roll 19 beneath the turned-over rib 16 cal webs and beneath theheads of the rails The rails together With the plates are thenlowered toposition with the rails resting I adapted to bear beneath the abuttingends of a pair of rails and adapted to engage at its ends against theconfrontin faces of the adjacent ties, said base having a rail brace atone side and 'a longitudinal depression andan inwardly curving rib atthe other side, and another braeefladapted to bear against, the railends at the other side and provided with a pr0 eet1on conforming to andengaging in the depression of the 7 base and with a rib conforming toand engaging in the eurving'rib of the base and projecting at the endsbeyond the same and adapted to bear upon theadjacent ties Thecombination with the abutting ends of a pair of rails and of the tiesadjacent thereto of a base bearing beneath the railends and against theties and provided -with a rail brace at one side and an inwardlyciu'ving rib at the other side, said base having a longitudinaldepression below the line of the rails, and another rall brace having anextension engaging in thedepression of the base and with a rib extendedto bear upon the ties and engaging beneath the inwardly curved base Ilb.

In testimony whereof I aiiiii my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. JAMES REVIS. [15.5.] lVitne'sses ALFRED J ELFS,

BESSIE Pansons.

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